Rand Paul: Tea party response is 'extra'

2/10/13 9:25 AM EST

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) says his tea party response to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address Tuesday night won’t compete but will augment Sen. Marco Rubio’s Republican response.

“To me, I see it as extra response, I don’t see it as necessarily divisive,” Paul said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union. “I won’t say anything on there that necessarily is like, ‘Oh, Marco Rubio’s wrong.’ He and I don’t always agree, but the thing is, this isn’t about he and I, this is about the tea party, which is a grassroots movement, a real movement, millions of Americans who are still concerned about some of the deal making that goes on in Washington. They’re still concerned about the fact that we’re borrowing $50,000 a second. ...

"None of the things I ran on as part of the tea party have been fixed.”

Paul said his response will focus on cutting foreign aid to countries like Egypt and Pakistan, requiring balanced federal budgets and drastically cutting federal taxes.

But Paul said he doesn’t expect a tea party challenger for his home-state senator, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, despite his insistence that there is room for a tea party voice in national politics.

Asked about actress Ashley Judd’s considering a challenge to McConnell, Paul quipped that he thought she would be seeking office abroad. “When I heard Ashley Judd might run for office, I thought it was Parliament since she lives in Scotland half the year," he said.

“Ashley Judd’s a famous actress.Se’s an attractive woman, presents herself well and from what I understand is articulate," Paul said. "But the thing is, she doesn’t really represent Kentucky.”